Visual Arts Education (PreK-12)

Teacher candidates in Visual Arts Education complete an approved program of coursework, field experiences, and other requirements leading to the application for an initial Four-Year Resident Educator Ohio Teaching License for grades PreK-12 Visual Arts. Candidates major in Art Education in the Department of Art (http://www.onu.edu/a+s/art/).

All teacher candidates complete required coursework as well as extensive field experience in which the candidate collaborates with university faculty and PK-12 classroom teachers and students to develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to become a competent teacher.

Coursework includes general education classes such as English, philosophy, history, science, mathematics, and others, as well as professional education coursework in culture and schooling, developmental psychology, exceptional learners, technology, curriculum, classroom strategies, methods of teaching, and more.